Podcast: No Stupid Questions
Episode: 221. Why Are We So Pessimistic? | No Stupid Questions
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Grit
Buy on Amazon"Research psychologist Angela Duckworth (author of "Grit") and tech and sports executive Mike Maughan really like to ask people questions, and they believe there’s no such thing as a stupid one."
High Conflict
Buy on Amazon"The term was popularized by journalist Amanda Ripley in her 2021 book High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out."
Enlightenment Now
Buy on Amazon"Yeah, I mean I don't know Steven Pinker at all, but his book Enlightenment Now..."
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Buy on Amazon"I'm familiar with the work; Better Angels of Our Nature, which I think preceded Enlightenment Now, right?"
Life Is So Good
Buy on Amazon"Prer was following in the footsteps of many other Americans who learned to read late in life, including the famous George Dawson, the grandson of a formerly enslaved person who learned to read at 98 and co-authored a book at 101."